enlivening

Example Sentences

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A year after “Cosby” became a runaway success, ABC responded with “Growing Pains,” which cast Kirk Cameron as the zany jokester enlivening that show’s Seaver household.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025

His cameos as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging across the stage with the self-satisfied air of a country rake, were not just enlivening but renewing, capturing the character in a new idiom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

The same enlivening rage would be evident when she took on what she probably regarded as her greatest role, a Labour Party member of the British Parliament, where she served for 23 years.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Donovan was an associate curator in the gallery’s Department of Modern Art when she saw one of Villareal’s works at Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery and thought he’d be perfect for enlivening the subterranean passage.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023

Opposing them were the Plutonists, who noted that volcanoes and earthquakes, among other enlivening agents, continually changed the face of the planet but clearly owed nothing to wayward seas.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson